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Sandpiper

Photo: A sandpiper on the beach
Sandpipers are most often seen poking in the sand for insects. Unlike most birds, they are quite agile on the ground, and rather awkward in flight.
Photograph courtesy Lee Karney/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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